Date with Misa

The next week passed in the blink of an eye, with me unable to do much of anything.

Having spent most of my time studying, with Misa teaching me, had left my body restless. Luckily, I had at least been able to spend some time meditating, circulating my mana not only to practice my mana control but also to increase my rate of recovery.

With today being Saturday, and as my body was already in pretty good shape, I wanted to do something with my lovely lady outside of the academy.

Because of the money I got from Mike, there was no longer any reason not to, unlike in the past. I also wanted to make sure that she knew how grateful I was to have her by my side, even choosing to spend her time teaching me things I should have already learned.

So tonight, we were going out to a fancy restaurant to dine. I had even managed to get Mike to get me a suit in secret so I could surprise her.

She had gone home yesterday, a much-needed return for her as she had spent almost two weeks living with me. It had been just as comfortable as when we were at Basilisk, once again showing that we wouldn't have any problems living together in the future.

A warm feeling spread through my stomach as I lost myself in fantasies about the future.

Coming home after a long day of work, just to be greeted by my incredibly hot wife, wearing just an apron. It was just one of the many reasons why I had to work hard!

Dismissing my stupid thoughts, I started to get ready to catch the train to the city. I had already changed into the gray suit that Mike had bought and as the tailor already had my measurements, it fit perfectly on my body.

Standing in the bathroom I took a couple of seconds to admire my looks in the mirror. I was a handsome guy, incredibly so. My perfectly symmetrical face, devoid of any blemishes, coupled with my black eyes and hair should have been enough by itself to make people look twice. Adding on the suit, I felt like I belonged in some kind of gala for models.

The only tragic part about this whole situation was that I was currently standing on a small stool in order to raise myself enough to see myself in the mirror, without it, all I would have seen would have been a face and shoulders.

Although I didn't mind my height too much anymore, I hadn't given up on finding something that could increase it, even if it was just a couple of centimeters. But that would be a project for another day.

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"Hi, Miren! Over here!"

'Holy shit...'

As I exited the train, my lovely lady was already waiting for me at the depot. She was breathtaking. She was wearing a long, scarlet-colored dress that was hugging her body in all the right places, making her curves look even more imposing. Adding to the fact that she wore heels, her long legs were also a symbol of reverence in my eyes.

I walked over to her, my mouth unable to close as I almost drooled looking at my woman at her best. "You look so amazing Misa!" When she heard my compliment and noticed my stares, she bent down and whispered in my ears, "It will look even better tonight when you take it off..."

There were not a lot of times when I got flustered, but now I could feel my face heating up like an oven.

Probably finding my reaction to be a bit cute, she kept herself bent over and planted a kiss on my lips.

"Now, where did you want to go?", she asked. I had already planned this evening out beforehand to make sure things went as smoothly as possible. So I rented a table at a somewhat famous, but still pretty small, restaurant that served French cuisine.

"Follow me."

I took her hand confidently, not minding the looks we got from other people. When I had walked around with Lindsey, most people had probably assumed us to be siblings. However, looking at me and Misa, there was no doubt in my mind that they thought us to be mother and child. But I didn't care.

Instead, I gloated over the fact that I got to be the one to walk around with this sexy beauty.

It didn't take long for us to reach the restaurant, and as I had already contacted them and shown them my appearance, there were no misunderstandings.

Instead, we quickly got sent to a small wooden table for two, neatly dressed up in a red linen tablecloth.

Looking around, the ceiling was adorned with big chandeliers and the floor was made out of beautiful marble.

It was a nice place, well worth spending the undisclosed amount of money that I had paid. My date seemed to think the same, unfortunately, a bit too much so, "This place is so nice! But Miren, how did you afford this?"

I hadn't told her about the bet I made with Mike, and I honestly didn't want to, so I chose to tell her a sort of half-truth, "It's all thanks to Mr. Borr. He said I earned it after my progress in training."

She looked at me a bit skeptically but decided not to inquire anymore and risk ruining the mood.

The night went on as we got to enjoy delicious wine and eat some amazing meals, all the while chatting about nothing important. It was everything from how the process of getting the members of Basilisk integrated into society was going, to the warm weather we were having.

After a couple of hours, we had finished our meals, just enjoying the feeling of satiety and talking about how good the food had been.

It was all good until Misa's demeanor changed, her face turning a bit sad.

"Miren... There is something I need to tell you..."

Panic started to emerge from within me, expecting the worst, but I managed to keep myself relatively calm, "What is it?"

She took a deep breath before she started talking.

"I'll be going away again with Sophie. We are leaving tomorrow to make an adventurer party."

A mixture of relief and angst came over me. Relief that she wasn't about to dump me, and angst that she was going to become an adventurer, something that instigated another question in me, "Wait, what star grade are you?"

If she was going to go with Sophie into dungeons or to hunt in the wilderness, that would suggest she carried quite a bit of strength.

"I'm a 5-star mage of the earth element."

"You're what?!"

My mind was blown. I had known her for so long now, but somehow this had never been a point of conversation, not even once.

As the average rank of the adult population was somewhere around 2-star, that meant she was incredibly strong.

"Oh, did I never tell you? Well, I didn't need to use it at my previous job, but I used to be one of the best students at Kirkegaard!"

She looked incredibly proud as she talked about her time in the academy, and understandably so, being strong in relation to the standards Kirkegaard wasn't something to be taken lightly.

My mind switched back to what she had said previously, "How long will you be gone?"

Misa smiled at my question, which showed that I wouldn't question her decision. After all, it wasn't up to me how she chose to live her life.

"Well, we will mostly be doing dives, and all of the suitable dungeons that we have looked at so far are situated in District 5. So that means I will be going for a few months at the time, at most."

I let my hand reach toward her over the table, and she took it in her hand, "I will miss you, a lot, but if this is what you want, I won't stop you." Even if I felt some slight stress about it, maybe mostly because of the vision I had seen, it felt like it would all be fine if she was with Sophie.

Small tears started forming in her eyes, but she still smiled brightly.

"I'm still attending Kirkegaard anyway, so it is probably a good time anyway. Just promise me that you will be seeing me as often as possible."

As the tears were slowly making their way down her cheeks, she answered reliably, "I promise! And I love you, Miren!"

"I love you too, Misa."